Should you ban these devices in the classroom? Let students go whole hog? Or is there a happy medium? This seemingly simple topic ends up being what one professor and pedagogy expert calls "a Rorschach test for so much that's going on in education." NPR, Jan. 24, 2018Full story

The nearly three-week continuing resolution passed by Congress Monday to end a brief government shutdown includes a six-year funding package for the Children's Health Insurance Program. Education Week, Jan. 22, 2018 (Subscription may be required.)Full story

Two-thirds of Americans are exposed to extreme stress in childhood, things like divorce, a death in the family or a caregiver's substance abuse. Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a lifetime of health problems and, ultimately, a shorter life. Here's what schools can do to help.NPR.org, Jan. 23, 2018Full story

A split Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just thrown out the state's current map of Congressional districts, and ordered the legislature to submit new maps of the 18 districts by Feb. 9.PennLive.com, Jan. 22, 2018Full story

Pennsylvania’s tendency in recent years to cover deficits through borrowing has led to a failure to build up a rainy-day fund and puts the state in danger of not being able to weather a future recession, according to a recent study.Watchdog.org, Jan. 22, 2018Full story

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale pointed at the audits not as evidence of district mismanagement, but rather at the need for state intervention to assist Pennsylvania’s struggling districts. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 18, 2018Full story

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Lower Merion School District’s (Montgomery Co.) appeal of a lower court decision that said the district could not impose a 4.4% tax increase on residents for the 2016-17 school year.Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 18, 2018Full story